On 21 December 2001, at its fifty-sixth session, the General Assembly adopted resolution 56/207 on implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006), including the proposal to establish a world solidarity fund for poverty eradication, in which, inter alia, it:
APLICACIÓN DEL PRIMER DECENIO DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA LA ERRADICACIÓN DE LA POBREZA (1997-2006)